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Molybdenum dioxide in carbon nanoreactors as a catalytic nanosponge for the efficient desulfurization of liquid fuels (2019)
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Astle, M. A., Rance, G. A., Loughlin, H. J., Peters, T. D., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2019). Molybdenum dioxide in carbon nanoreactors as a catalytic nanosponge for the efficient desulfurization of liquid fuels. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(17), Article 1808092. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201808092

The principle of a “catalytic nanosponge” that combines the catalysis of organosulfur oxidation and sequestration of the products from reaction mixtures is demonstrated. Group VI metal oxide nanoparticles (CrOx, MoOx, WOx) are embedded within hollow... Read More about Molybdenum dioxide in carbon nanoreactors as a catalytic nanosponge for the efficient desulfurization of liquid fuels.

Identification of Bio-oil Compound Utilizing Yeasts Through Phenotypic Microarray Screening (2019)
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Kostas, E. T., Cooper, M., Shepherd, B. J., & Robinson, J. P. (2020). Identification of Bio-oil Compound Utilizing Yeasts Through Phenotypic Microarray Screening. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 11, 2507-2519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-019-00636-7

© 2019, The Author(s). Abstract: Biomass pyrolysis bio-oil contains a plethora of carbon sources with the potential to be utilized by microorganisms and converted into high value products. However, the majority of these compounds are either highly to... Read More about Identification of Bio-oil Compound Utilizing Yeasts Through Phenotypic Microarray Screening.

Unequivocal experimental evidence of the relationship between emission energies and aurophilic interactions (2019)
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Blake, A. J., Donamaría, R., Lippolis, V., López-de-Luzuriaga, J. M., Monge, M., Olmos, M. E., Seal, A., & Weinstein, J. A. (2019). Unequivocal experimental evidence of the relationship between emission energies and aurophilic interactions. Inorganic Chemistry, 58(8), 4954-4961. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03621

In this paper we describe experimental evidence of the change in emission energy as a function of gold-gold distance. We have employed a luminescent complex exhibiting an aurophilic interaction, which is weak enough to allow its length to be modifie... Read More about Unequivocal experimental evidence of the relationship between emission energies and aurophilic interactions.

Hydrophobic silver nanoparticles interacting with phospholipids and stratum corneum mimic membranes in Langmuir monolayers (2019)
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Villanueva, M. E., Lanterna, A. E., & Vico, R. V. (2019). Hydrophobic silver nanoparticles interacting with phospholipids and stratum corneum mimic membranes in Langmuir monolayers. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 543, 247-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.02.069

The interaction of hydrophobic silver nanoparticles with different phospholipids and stratum corneum mimic (SCM) membranes is studied in Langmuir monolayers. Thus, silver nanoparticles coated with oleic acid (AgNP-OA) were synthesized, characterized... Read More about Hydrophobic silver nanoparticles interacting with phospholipids and stratum corneum mimic membranes in Langmuir monolayers.

Steric and electronic control of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions in carbon nanotube nanoreactors (2019)
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Miners, S. A., Fay, M. W., Baldoni, M., Besley, E., Khlobystov, A. N., & Rance, G. A. (2019). Steric and electronic control of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions in carbon nanotube nanoreactors. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123(10), 6294-6302. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b01190

The use of single-walled carbon nanotubes as effective nanoreactors for preparative bimolecular reactions has been demonstrated for the first time. We show that the extreme spatial confinement of guest reactant molecules inside host carbon nanotubes... Read More about Steric and electronic control of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions in carbon nanotube nanoreactors.

Engineering new defective phases of UiO family metal-organic frameworks with water (2019)
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Firth, F. C. N., Cliffe, M. J., Vulpe, D., Aragones-Anglada, M., Moghadam, P. Z., Fairen-Jimenez, D., Slater, B., & Grey, C. P. (2019). Engineering new defective phases of UiO family metal-organic frameworks with water. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(13), 7459-7469. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA10682G

© The Royal Society of Chemistry. As defects significantly affect the properties of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)—from changing their mechanical properties to enhancing their catalytic ability—obtaining synthetic control over defects is essential t... Read More about Engineering new defective phases of UiO family metal-organic frameworks with water.

Synthesis and characterisation of rylene diimide dimers using molecular handcuffs (2019)
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Yang, L., Langer, P., Davies, E. S., Baldoni, M., Wickham, K., Besley, N. A., Besley, E., & Champness, N. R. (2019). Synthesis and characterisation of rylene diimide dimers using molecular handcuffs. Chemical Science, 10(13), 3723-3732. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sc00167k

A strategy for positioning, and loosely connecting, molecules in close proximity using mechanically interlocked handcuffs is described. The strategy is demonstrated using rylene diimides, creating dimeric structures in which two components are linked... Read More about Synthesis and characterisation of rylene diimide dimers using molecular handcuffs.

A Brønsted ligand molecular switch with five accessible states (2019)
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Shiga, T., Saiki, R., Akiyama, L., Kumai, R., Natke, D., Renz, F., Cameron, J., Newton, G., & Oshio, H. (2019). A Brønsted ligand molecular switch with five accessible states. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(17), 5658-5662. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201900909

A mononuclear Fe(II) complex, prepared with a Brønsted diacid ligand, H2L (H2L = 2-[5-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-3-yl] 6benzimidazole pyridine), shows switchable physical properties and was isolated in five different electronic states. The spin crossover (SC... Read More about A Brønsted ligand molecular switch with five accessible states.

Complexity surrounding an apparently simple Fermi resonance in p-fluorotoluene revealed using two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence (2D-LIF) spectroscopy (2019)
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Kemp, D. J., Whalley, L. E., Gardner, A. M., Tuttle, W. D., Warner, L. G., & Wright, T. G. (2019). Complexity surrounding an apparently simple Fermi resonance in p-fluorotoluene revealed using two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence (2D-LIF) spectroscopy. Journal of Chemical Physics, 150(6), 064306/1-064306/14. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5083682

Two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence (2D-LIF) spectroscopy is a powerful tool allowing overlapped features in an electronic spectrum to be separated, and interactions between vibrations and torsions to be identified. Here the technique is emplo... Read More about Complexity surrounding an apparently simple Fermi resonance in p-fluorotoluene revealed using two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence (2D-LIF) spectroscopy.

Transcriptome, proteome and draft genome of Euglena gracilis (2019)
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Ebenezer, T. E., Zoltner, M., Burrell, A., Nenarokova, A., Novák Vanclová, A. M. G., Prasad, B., Soukal, P., Santana-Molina, C., O’Neill, E., Nankissoor, N. N., Vadakedath, N., Daiker, V., Obado, S., Silva-Pereira, S., Jackson, A. P., Devos, D. P., Lukeš, J., Lebert, M., Vaughan, S., Hampl, V., …Field, M. C. (2019). Transcriptome, proteome and draft genome of Euglena gracilis. BMC Biology, 17(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-019-0626-8

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Photosynthetic euglenids are major contributors to fresh water ecosystems. Euglena gracilis in particular has noted metabolic flexibility, reflected by an ability to thrive in a range of harsh environments. E. gracilis has been a popular... Read More about Transcriptome, proteome and draft genome of Euglena gracilis.